Balon Dagupan tankers top PSI Grand Prix qualifiers
THE Balon Dagupan Swimming team again proved its dominance when it won as overall champion on the Philippine Swimming Inc.’s 2019 Grand Prix CNL-CAR Long Course Qualifying Leg held in the city from April 6 to 7.
The team bested 10 clubs comprising of 113 participants from North Central Luzon and Cordillera Administrative Region to wrest the championship.
MDSF Vikings Swim Club was first runner-up while Torpedo Ray Swim Club earned second runner-up honors.
Balon Dagupan athletes in ‘10 years old and under‘ age group hauled 24 gold medals during the competition.
Dagupan City Sports Commission (DCSC) Vice Chair Finnela T. Sim said it was the fourth championship won by the city in the qualifying events.
She added that as a PSI-sanctioned event, the time records set by the swimmers during the competition were recorded in the Philippine Swimming National Records.
Swimmers who were able to meet at least one of the qualifying times set by the PSI are eligible to swim in the 2019 PSI Grand Prix Long Course Swimming Championships on July 5 to 7.
The PSI qualifying leg is among other sports events such as Windsurfing Cup, Kickboxing Open, Golf Open and Open Boxing Championship and others that are being held as part of the month-long celebration of this year’s Bangus Festival.
“I’m very thankful to Mayor Belen T. Fernandez for giving the children the opportunity to compete in this event,” Sim said.
Sim disclosed that two members of the Balon Dagupan Swimming Team also qualified for the 43rd South East Asian (SEA) Age Group Swimming Championships which will be held in Cambodia sometime this year.
“This is a really huge leap for swimming and for sports here in Dagupan,” added Sim.
The city’s swimmers along with other athletes are gearing up for the Palarong Pambansa in Davao City from April 27 to May 2. As back-to-back champions of the Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) Meet, the city will send more than 50 delegates to the competition. (CIO.VDV)
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